Example sentences of "even [conj] [pron] [noun pl] [vb past] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 The volley of arrows was thin and broken , its unevenness jangling in his nerves even before his senses recorded it .
2 So I kept my mouth shut even as her hands lathered me in the colour of dirt .
3 Grant 's hand darted for his torch , but even as his fingers touched it , the floor shook under him and he heard a tremendous rumbling crash in the corridor he had just left .
4 As he had always succeeded in getting his own way , the workers had been inclined to go along with him , even when their instincts told them that he was wrong .
5 No , not even when his fingers touched her , as they had already , several times , just prior to the kiss .
6 But during late March when they were hemmed in , there were many rumours unsettling the less resolute , even though their officers kept them occupied , leaving little time for worry .
7 Even though their losses forced them to merge before the end of the year , the assumptions on which TV had been organized could never be quite the same again .
8 Prince Charles , a man who by his own admission fell in love easily , pressed his suit even though his advisers told him that she had other boyfriends .
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